On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:09:53AM -0500, Mike Simons wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:58:01AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > i want to replace 'tin' with a shell script or alias that will > > test for a lock file (and call me a moron if it exists), make a lock file, > > run tin, and then delete the lock file... > > ===== > #! /bin/bash > > LOCK=$HOME/.tin.lock > > lockfile $LOCK > tin > rm -f $LOCK > ===== > > "lockfile" is part of the procmail package. > > if you ^C the script, you will have to clean up and delete the lockfile > on your own. there are a few ways for the script to automatically > detect tin was killed, but you didn't ask for that. ;)
There are a bunch of good shell scripting techniques that may yield some purchase on your problem in O'Reilly's "Unix Power Tools". (There is a copy in the LUGOD library.) -- Henry House The attached file is a digital signature. See <http://romana.hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: <http://romana.hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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